Re: cross-platform backup tool rdiff-backup on android phone

[Leland Best]

Hi Jonas,

On Fri, 2022-01-28 at 09:57 +0100, Jonas Schöpf wrote:
> Hi Leland!
> 
> No worries about responses :)

Heh.  Good thing. :^|  Thanks.  Anyway, ...

> 
> I mount my Android device on my laptop and then start the backup of the 
> mounted folder.
> So such a loop cannot be a problem and at the moment I have no clue what 
> could cause this.

Okay, that eliminates some possible causes.

> 
> If I find the time then I will re-try and test it on the weekend again.
[...]

Sadly, all my attempts to duplicate this have so far failed for an apparently
unrelated reason.  I'm trying to back up my home directory on my laptop by
mounting it via 'sshfs' on my desktop.  The laptop is running Debian
'bookworm/testing' and the desktop is running 'Pop!_OS 21.10'.  For some reason
at some more-or-less random point part way through the backup something goes
haywire with the laptop's Wifi connection.  Have to either figure out how to fix
that, or try my other laptop, or [sigh] try a much smaller backup ... or
something. :^/

Let me (well, us I guess) know if you discover anything.

Cheers
Leland
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[...]
> 
> Cheers,
> Jonas
> 
> On 1/26/22 20:44, Leland Best wrote:
> > Hi Jonas,
> > 
> > Apologies for the slow response.  Some neurological issues plus Real Life 
> > make
> > it hard to keep up with e-mail. :(  Anyway, ...
> > 
> > On Sun, 2022-01-23 at 19:44 +0100, Jonas Schöpf wrote:
> > > Hi Leland!
> > > 
> > > Thank you for this suggestion.
> > 
> > You're welcome.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Mounting with sshfs works just fine.
> > > I have tried a backup with it, but rdiff-backup is looping when using 
> > > sshfs.
> > > Does anybody have an idea why?
> > > So I mean after everything is copied from my phone it starts again
> > > copying from the beginning.
> > [...]
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Strange.  Although, as I said, I've never done this myself.  You 
> > aren't
> > by any chance mounting _both_ ways with 'sshfs' are you?  That is, mounting
> > the
> > phone on the backup server, _and_ mounting the backup server on the phone?
> > Seems like that would create a recursive loop ... ?
> > 
> > Otherwise, when time permits, I can try some tests between two Linux 
> > machines
> > (sadly, my phone isn't set up for 'ssh' and friends).
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Leland
>